[imardmd1]

The problem is although you give some reasonable points about why you think “The Apostolic age passed with the death of Beloved John...”, that doesn’t not make it scriptural doctrine.

It is for mainline Protestants and Baptists, and with a little more vigor.

[Jim W N]

Me: Sometimes we have to infer certain things from the Bible. But we shouldn’t present those things as hard and fast Biblical doctrine, but more like something we have reason to believe.

You: It is for mainline Protestants and Baptists

Scripture: teaching for doctrines the commandments of men (Matt 15:9, Mark 7:7).